Gunpowder and process of making same



UNITED STATES- ASBERRY SINGLETON, or moan-Ann, IOWA.

GUNPOWDER nmo'enocsss or MAKING SAME.

SPECIFICATIOhl' forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,417, datedSeptember 6, 1898. Application filed April 24, 1897. Serial Elo-833,'733. N0 specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ASBERRY SINGLETON, a citizen of the .United States,residing at Richland, in the county of Keokuk and State of Iowa,have-invented a newand useful Improvement inGunpowdcr and Processes ofManufacturing the Same, of which the following isa specification.

The .dbject of my invention is to provide a gunpowder that is easy tomanufactureand cheap, the powder at the same time having great strengthwhen exploded and being potash by boiling in water, then add theparaflin and sugar. After the sugar is dissolved and the paladin meltedstir in the wood-dust and boil down to a vthick'pulp, Then grain withany suitable device for that purpose and dry in the usual way. Havingthus described my invention, what ters Patent, is-

- 1. A powder consisting of wood-dust, chlorate of potash, sugar, andparaffin put to-- the quantities speci- I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Leta of first cutting soft wood into sawdust,- then grindingsaid sawdust into a powder, then dissolving chlorate of potash inboiling water,

